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The Literacy Coalition of Central Texas
Promoting Skilled Workers and Strong Families Through Literacy

"Let your children see you reading for pleasure in your spare time."  19 more tips to encourage children to read.

One in four adults living in Texas Reads below the fifth grade level, placing Texas last in state literacy.
55% of Texans have poor literacy skills
31% of Texas prisoners are functionally illiterate.
$70 billion is spent in unnecessary medical bills each year due to low health literacy.

The more often you read to a child, the more likely they are to develop good literacy skills.

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40% of the U.S. workforce lacks essential job skills. Read more
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  Link   STAR (Student Achievement in Reading)
Tips and concrete strategies for teaching reading to adults.
  Link   National Institute for Literacy
The National Institute for Literacy's activities to strengthen literacy across the lifespan are authorized by the U.S. Congress under two laws, the Adult Education and Family Literacy Act (AEFLA) in the Workforce Investment Act and the No Child Left
  Link   Literacy USA
Literacy USA promotes and strengthens literacy coalitions as they create literate communities, thereby enhancing the quality of the lives of individuals and the vitality of our society.
  Link   Tutor Help Center
The Florida Literacy Coalition's online Tutor Help Center. Comprehensive, one-stop resource for literacy, ESOL, and LD tutors. Check it out!
  Link   Texas Center for the Adancement of Literacy and Learning (TCALL)
Homepage for Texas A&M's literacy resource center.
  Link   Texas Family Literacy Center (TFLC)
The mission of the Texas Family Literacy Center (TFLC) is to strengthen family literacy programs and enhance the knowledge, skills, instructional practices and resources available to family literacy educators statewide. A focal point of center activi
  Link   ProLiteracy America
ProLiteracy America, the largest adult literacy organization in the United States, was established on October 1, 2002, with the merger of Laubach Literacy and Literacy Volunteers of America, Inc. ProLiteracy America's 1,200 affiliates are represented
  Link   The Literacy List
Collection of ABE and ESOL resources for learners, teachers, and tutors.
  Link   Citigroup Financial Literacy Curriculum
Age-specific financial literacy curricula in English and Spanish.
  Link   University of Tennesee’s Center for Literacy Studies
Has Tennessee ESOL in the Workplace training materials on line.
  Link   Literacy Alliance
Promotes views of reading that are compatible with what is known and accepted about brain development and neural processing. Has info on the Interactive Constructivist concept.
  Link   Read Right
Innovative methodology for teaching reading. Has info on Interactive Constructivist concept of imparting reading.
  Link   National Adult Literacy Database
Links to various types of tools for literacy practitioners - on clear language, software, online documents, etc.
  Link   ABC CANADA Literacy Foundation
A national charity committed to promoting literacy to the general public and to the private sector. Has a Math Literacy website with lots of ideas and games and tip sheets and trivia facts on numeracy.
  Link   Healthy Roads Media
Has a multi-media presentation of common health topics in seven languages! They are being developed to study the value of these formats in providing health information for diverse populations in a variety of settings.
  Link   Educational Comic Site for Family Literacy and ESOL Programs
Children and adults can create their own comic strips. They can select from 10 fun characters with different moods and write words to make their characters talk and think. It can be used to teach language, reading and writing skills, and for student
 
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